katha
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English
Etymology 1
Noun
katha (countable and uncountable, plural kathas)
- (countable) The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
- 2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50:
- A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300:
- She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.
- (uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre.
Etymology 2
From Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha).
Alternative forms
Noun
katha (plural kathas)
- A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”). Compare Malay kata.
Pronunciation
Noun
kathâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ)
- literary composition
- Synonyms: akda, sinulat, kinatha, komposisyong literarya, komposisyong pampanitikan, akdang pampanitikan
- musical composition
- invention
- Synonyms: imbensiyon, imbento, pag-imbento, likha, paglikha
- creation
- fiction; story
- idle talk
Derived terms
Further reading
- “katha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018